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Question 4: 200 WORDS

How might we measure the strength of bicameralism in a legislature? What effects does the strength of bicameralism have on the operation and legitimacy of legislatures? Discuss with reference to one example of a strong bicameral legislature and one example of a weak bicameral legislature.

Question 5: 200 WORDS

Imagine the following election to a simple hypothetical parliament, electing one (1) district to a unicameral parliament. The share of votes for each political party are as follows:
Vote (%)
The Green Party 35%
The Blue Party 40%
The Red Party 10%
The Rainbow Party 10%
The Grey Party 5%
How many seats should each party win under a ‘proportional representation’ electoral system in which forty (40) parliamentary seats are to be elected? Briefly explain why a proportional representation system should produce this result and what the parties will need to do in order to form a government.

Choose one Asian religious tradition and focus on one primary text (chosen from the Anthology of World Scriptures

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Guidelines:
The most basic technique involved is to determine what kind of questions need to be asked on
a particular text. Are they questions of what? where? when? why? who? how? Remember that
every answer to the question has to be demonstrated. The goal in an interpretive essay is to
evaluate the text you have chosen for interpretation in order to throw light on its meaning and
signification.
3) You might want to think about several steps to follow in completing your writing assignment.
a. Choose one Asian religious tradition and focus on one primary text (chosen from the
Anthology of World Scriptures: Eastern Religions) to do a close reading with regard
to the major religious themes, ideas, or ritual practice. The text can be any reading
assignment (scripture reading assignments) on Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism,
Confucianism, or Daoism.
Then state your thesis clearly—what question(s) you will discuss and what points you are trying to make.
c. Summarize the text. Tell your reader/ audience what the text states. You want your
reader/audience to be familiar with the subject matter before you begin your
interpretation.
d. With the possible questions in your mind, try to analyze the text. Use both objective
(what the text says and states) and subjective writing (how you interpret what the text
says) to illustrate the points you want to make.
e. Make arguments and use specific textual references to support your arguments.
f. Close your paper by summing up the main ideas of the text and the major points of your
interpretation and argument.
g. Check grammar, spellings, and your expressions.
4) Compose a 3-page, double-spaced, (12-font) paper that a) summarizes the issue, problem, or
disruption briefly (this should be about 1 page), b) explains why it is an issue from the
perspective of the worldview inherent to that religion and/or why it is problematic for nondevotees
(approximately 1 to 1.5 page), and c) proposes potential solutions to the issue (about ½ a
page).
5) Include a Works Cited Page for all your citations used in your paper.
6) Use parenthetical citations within the text when citing your sources.

The paper must be submitted in.docx
format.

Grading will be based on: clarity of the summary and explanation of the issue; accuracy of the
information; thoroughness of your discussion; evidence that you have synthesized material learned in
class with material learned in your research; and overall quality of composition (including large-scale
organization, thesis statement or topic sentence, paragraph structure, transition sentences, sentence
structure, word choice, punctuation, and spelling).

Research and analyze Judaism using the following topics

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Research and analyze Judaism using the following topics: Historical foundations, current practices/relations with other religious communities in the Middle East, and goals and objectives for the future of the religion. Concentrate your analysis on how this religion is represented and practiced in the Middle East. Make sure that your analysis is balanced and objective. Your paper should be divided approximately into equal sections for the three topics of research.

paper requires title page, citations, and a references listing/bibliography.

What are the most significant similarities and differences between ethical decision-making processes prescribed in the APA ethics code and those based in a Christian worldview? Explain.

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QUESTION 1 –
Ethics and the use of deception
QUESTION 2 –
What are the most significant similarities and differences between ethical decision-making processes prescribed in the APA ethics code and those based in a Christian worldview? Explain. How might your research be influenced by these processes? Explain.
QUESTION 3 –
Are Christian ethics compatible with purely scientific ethics? Why or why not? Support your answers with scholarly evidence.

What type of back backlash did the Catholic Church recieve for their stance on contraceptives?

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This will not be a paper but need a section with chunks and pieces of. below you will find each section with its information.

All sources need to be SCHOLARLY SOURCES!!
of information if the young generation lost favor towards the Catholic Church for the Church’s lack of protest against the Vietnam War.

Even if the Catholic Church did not take a side, this also shows that CC did not share the same values at the youth. So why would the youth follow CC leadership?

If the CC did have a strong voice against the war, it is still a puzzle as to why the youth still rejected the CC.

In one more paragraph:
Elaborate how the Catholic Church unintentionally alienated women after Vatican 2 from maintaining the faith.

To some degree, the Catholic Church was too male-centered, why was that?

What type of back backlash did the Catholic Church recieve for their stance on contraceptives?

Critically analyse the Practical Theological model known as Critical Correlation.

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Critically analyse the Practical Theological model known as Critical Correlation, and explain how an appropriate application of the model could enhance your philosophy and practice of Christian pastoral care.

What is the relationship between “faith” and “wisdom” in our spiritual lives?

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Go to the Guru Granth Sahib pdf and use the “Find” (ctrl + F) to search for all the passages that contain the words “love” and “peace” in the book. How many are there of each? What does this tell you about this book? What does it tell you about the time period in which the book was compiled? Choose your favourite quotes containing the word “love” and the word “peace”. Why did you choose these quotes?
Go to our textbook and skim through Chapter 14: Faith and Chapter 15: Wisdom. What is the relationship between “faith” and “wisdom” in our spiritual lives? How do these two concepts/principles influence each other? Write a brief reflection of 150-200 words on this question. Pick quotes from these two chapters to back up your points.

Post a brief reflection on anything that you find inspiring, beautiful, challenging, or confusing from what you read in the “Uplifting Verses

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Part 1: Reflections on the Unit on the Qur’an

Post a brief reflection (150-200 words) on what, if anything you learned from this Unit. Did anything new occur to you that you hadn’t thought of before? Were any of your earlier beliefs/understandings reaffirmed, if so, how? Were you challenged in any ways? Why?

Part 2: Reflections on the experiential learning questions and activities

Think back to the activities we have done over the past couple of weeks such as standing on one foot and balancing, meditating in silence, the stickperson activity, the sacrificing a loved one activity, the swapping rooms with your nanny/maid activity, the changing the Qiblah activity, etc. How have any of these activities impacted you and your understanding of the books we have been studying so far? Post a brief 150-200 word reflection.

Part 3: The Guru Granth Sahib

Do a brief Google search on the “Guru Granth Sahib,” the holy book of Sikhism. What does the book’s title mean? Who wrote it? When was it written? What kind of content does it contain e.g. laws, prayers, advice, teachings, etc.?

Go to the Course Documents Folder on “Sikhism” and read through the “Uplifting Verses – Guru Nanak”

Go to the Guru Granth Sahib pdf and search the pdf for the word “love.” Read the passages that mention “love” in the pdf.
Post a brief reflection on anything that you find inspiring, beautiful, challenging, or confusing from what you read in the “Uplifting Verses – Guru Nanak” pdf and/or in the Guru Granth Sahib pdf.

How does this chapter relate to any of the themes

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PLease watch the following youtube clip: Once you have seen it, post a brief reflection on this clip discussing what you think it says at about the Qur’an.

As a second part of the reflection, please skim through Ch. 13 “Self-Cultivation and Spiritual Growth” in our textbook. How does this chapter relate to any of the themes (e.g. surrender, spiritual life, obedience to God, etc.) that we have discussed regarding the Holy Qur’an? What links do you find between this chapter and any of the other books we have looked at so far?

Tell how your thinking and your personal definition may have changed as a result of your readings assignments for unit one.

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The purpose of this assignment is to help you reflect on the things you have learned in this unit. After reading the assigned materials, you are to record your personal definitions of the following terms:

Evil
Religion
Absolute Truth

Tell how your thinking and your personal definition may have changed as a result of your readings assignments for unit one. Each definition should be about one page in length (double-spaced) – total of no more than five pages.